Metals futures stage broad rally in afternoon dealings

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- April gold climbed 40 cents to $555.80 an ounce in afternoon trading, reversing earlier weakness that sent prices to a low of $552.50. Prices were on track to post a gain of more than $14 for the week. May silver climbed to $10.46 an ounce, its highest level since least 1984. It was last up 5.8 cents at $10.40, trading over 4% above last Friday's close. And May copper soared 9.35 cents, or 4.1%, to a contract high of $2.359 a pound following a rise in February U.S. industrial output.

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